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879 Pharmacy
contract negotiations raise concerns as GPs accept their contract Pharmacists
are waiting to hear how negotiations for a new community pharmacy contract
are progressing now that
general practitioners have accepted theirs ...[more]
879 Overseas English test is too hard Overseas pharmacists wishing
to register with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society have to reach a standard of English that is
unfairly demanding...[more]
879 England pharmacy minister confirmed Rosie Winterton has
been confirmed as the minister responsible for pharmacy services at the Department of Health...[more]
880 New guidance
recommends improved training in prescribing for doctors New
recommendations to improve prescribing training for medical students
have been set out this week...[more]
880 Welsh assembly airs rural dispensing row Disputes between
rural doctors and pharmacists over dispensing rights have been given an airing in the National
Assembly for Wales...[more]
880 Centralised purchasing jeopardises Welsh health planning, says NPA The
National Pharmaceutical Association has issued a warning that centralising medicine buying by
the National Health Service in Wales will put health planning at risk...[more]
880 New CDs ...[more]
881 Genetics
strategy for the NHS set out A plan setting out
how genetics-based health care will be integrated into the National Health
Service has been published this week by the Department of Health...[more]
881 Reserve new statin for difficult to treat Rosuvastatin (Crestor)
should probably be reserved for patients with hypercholesterolaemia that is difficult to treat
with existing drugs...[more]
881 Polypill proposed for heart disease Researchers this week
propose that everyone over the age of 55 years should take a combination of drugs in a single
pill to prevent cardiovascular disease...[more] |
882 Both continuous
and sequential HRT regimens increase breast cancer risk The
risk of breast cancer in women who use combined hormone replacement therapy
(HRT) is increased whether they follow a continuous or sequential regimen,
new research suggests...[more]
882 Survival in relapsed ovarian cancer improved with paclitaxel Women
with relapsed ovarian cancer are likely to live longer if they are treated with platinum-based
chemotherapy plus paclitaxel (Taxol) than if they receive conventional platinum-based treatment
alone...[more]
882 Call for heart failure prescribing change Prescribing practice
in relation to beta-blockers for treating heart failure should change, according to cardiologists
at the European Society of Cardiology heart failure meeting in Strasbourg this week. Their call
follows presentation of results from the longest and largest study in chronic heart failure (CHF)...[more]
883 New pharmacy-based
asthma care service launched Improving
treatment compliance among patients with asthma is the aim of a new pilot
launched this month by Moss Pharmacy...[more]
883 Pharmacist salary agreement reached An agreement on national
salary scales for this year has been reached by the Pharmaceutical Whitley Council and representatives
of healthcare pharmacists...[more]
883 Downing Street petitions Petitions and letters calling for
the preservation of local pharmacy services have been delivered to Prime Minister Tony Blair
at 10 Downing Street by representatives of pharmacists from Surrey and north east London...[more]
883 Dentists to display lists of charges Dentists are to be
required to display tables of charges for private treatments and menus of treatments that they
offer under the National Health Service...[more]
883 Last
SARS travel warning lifted ...[more]
883 Moss
reaches 800 ...[more] |
